{
    "id": "CVE-2016-1901",
    "published": "2016-01-20 16:59:05",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:42:49",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "description": "Integer overflow in the authenticate_post function in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large value in the Content-Length HTTP header, which triggers a buffer overflow.",
    "epss_score": "0.03791",
    "epss_percentile": "0.89702",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-08 18:17:15",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "cgit_project",
            "product": "cgit"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "fedoraproject",
            "product": "fedora"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html",
        "http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6",
        "http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html",
        "http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6"
    ]
}